Glass apparatus.



W. E. SLOPPY. GLASS APPARATUS. )APPLICATIQN FILED JUNE 12. I911.

Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

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GLASS APPARATUS.

' To all whom z' t may concern:

.7 Beitknown that"I, \VILLIAME. SLOPPY, a citizenof the United States, residing at Mount.-;Jewett, in the. county-'01:" McKean andfStateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain'*new and useful Improvements in Glass Apparatus, of which the following is a specification; I

This' in'vention relates to glass apparatus,

and more; particularly to'an apparatus for "handling the -1nolten glass just prior to the drawing operation. ,In'one type of such apparatussthe 'molten glass is conveyed from the melting'furnace, in ladle's or other recep-- taclesyto heated-pots from which the glass is'drawn} Such an apparatus, of course, re-

" quires a conveyer system extending between gtheiurnaceand the drawing apparatus and not only is such asystem expensive to install "and maintain .but the glass cools during transportation from the furnace to the drawin'g. apparatus causing annoyance and inter-' ference with the drawing operation as well asoccasional loss of time and material. In "another type'of apparatus the drawingap paratus is located at the furnace and the glassis drawn directly from a tank'within the furnace; However, in this type of apparatus if acylinder breaks, which not infre-- iluently 'occurs, the cooled or'chilled glassalls'dire'ctly into the tank containing the molten glass and interferes with further drawing of. the V the chilled, lass has been skimmed from the 35 -moved""fror ri the tank and remelted in the' furnace. The present invention, therefore, has as its objectto provide apparatus of the glass from the tank until tank= 'or:'uii gl'the molten glass has been reclass mentioned which will possess none of the disadvantages attending. the use of the two "types of apparatus above br1efly described and which will, on the other handpos- 1 sessjvarious new advantages and berm every way more efiicient and capable of manipulation-with a minimum expenditure of hatlng fuel and time and minimum'waste of material through premature cooling or chill 1 One aim of the present invention is to ing, etc.

provide an apparatus of the class mentioned Specification of L'etters'l'atentt Patented Aug. 6, 1918; Application filed June 12,1917. Serial No.174,323. 7 I I the molten glass, means whereby the drawing operation may .takeplace at the tank JEWETT, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOIC oF ronrY IN-E and yetthe glass will-be drawn fromonly a relatively small quantity of the molten glass which is removed from thetank, instead of drawing d rectly from the tank itself. In

this manner the chances oflp'remature cooling or chilling of the glass are eliminated and should a cylinder break while being drawn, there will be'no appreciable interruption in the drawing operation as the res ceptacle from which the cylinder isbeing drawn may be readilyremoved and replaced by another one. As -only that quantity of the glass retained in the receptacle from which the cylinder is being drawn is afli'ected by the breakage of the cylinder, obviously much less time is required to -remelt this glass and the broken cylinder than is required in that type of apparatus wherein the glassis drawn directly from the tank.

Another aim oftheinvention is to proeration of the apparatus so that not only will there be a saving in fuel but also air will Vide for the conservatiohofheat in the opbe prevented from entering the tank ofthe Fig; 4 is a perspecti've view illustrating 'furnace and chilling the glassc'ontained therein. 7 Y

one of the rotary pot supports of the appa-v ratus Fig. 5 is a plan'view illustratinga modified form of such support;

.Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view illustrating the pot supports in top plan.

In :the drawings the numeral 1 indicates the overflow from the reducing chamber of a glass furnace and by wayof this overflow the molten glass is perniitted'to flow from the, said "reducing. chamber: to the working chamber which is indicated. in general by the numeral 2, the apparatus embodying the present invention being arranged within this latter chamber. The working chamber includes a floor 3, side walls 4, end walls 5, and a roof '6. The heat from the reducing chamber, of course, passes to the working chamber and maintains the molten glass contained therein at a constant and workable temperature. The apparatus embodying the resent invention includes any desired. numlier of tables which are rotatable and which support pots designed to receive the molten glass and in the arrangement shown in Figs.

- 1 and 6 of the drawings, four of these tables are provided, two being arran ed. beside each sidewall 4. Inasmuchas t ese tables and their associated parts are of counterpart construction, a specific description of one will sufiice for all. At the point of location of each table the floor of the working chamber is elevated, as at 7, andthe roof of the said chamber above each elevated portion is provided with anop'ening 8. Each of 'saidtables includes a body or head 9 which .is. preferably rectangular although it may be of any other suitable shape and this head is mounted. and supported at the upper end I of'ashaft 10 which is rotatably fitted throughan opening 11 formed in the raised portion 7 of the floor 3. The lower end of the shaft is provided with a journal 12' in the pots carried bv said table. Each of the pots is indicated by the numeral 15 and each is formed at one side with a dove-tail boss 16 designed. to be removably fitted n a similarly formed recess or socket 17 in e the head 9. In that form of the invention shown more specifically in Fig. lot the drawings, the table is provided in two of its opposite sides with recesses to recelvethe bosses 16 of two pots so that thls table is designed to support two of the pots thereby adapting one pot to be filled Wllll molten glass while the .glass is drawn from the other pot. However. in that form of the invention shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings one of the recesses 17 is formed in each side of the bodv 9. At this point it may be stated that all parts of the apparatus which aresubiecte'd to intense heat are formed of fire clay or some other refractory mater al, including the shafts 10.' In order that the shafts may be rotated so as to proper-1y position the pots for filling and drawing. a sprocket gear 17 is secured 1n any suitable manner upon each shaft near the lowerend thereof and trained about this sprocket gear the numeral 24 and is a sprocketchain 18 which is also trained I about asprocket gear 19 fixed upon a rotatable post 20 mounted at its lower end in a step bearing321 and near its \1])])Q1'.(ll(l in a bracket 22 upon the side wall of the working chamber and located exteriorly of said chamher. A hand wheel :23 is vfixed upon the upper endof the post and by grasping this Wheel and rotating the same, rotarv motion may be imparted to the shaft 10. The head i) of each table rotates above the elevation T in the floor of. the working chamber .and in spaced relat on to said elevation so that-the heated air currents within the working chamber may circulate around all sides of the pots 15 and thus maintain the molten glass contained therein ata' working temperature. It will be observed particularly .by reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings that chamber. At the opposite sides of the open ing 8, the side wall 4 of the working 'cham'-. her is provided with o enings indicated by xed upon the outer faceofthe said side wall 4 at opposite sides of each opening 24 are guides 25 slidably receiving the lateral edges ,of a door 26 which mav be slid. into and out of position to cover or close the respective opening 24. Connected to the upper side of the door 26 is a cable or other suitable flexible element 27 which is passed over a pullev 28 located abovethe guides 25. The free end of the cable 27 is provided with a hand ring 29 and the cable is preferably led through a hook 30 located atone side of the opening '24 whereby the said hand ring will be held from in front ofthe opening 24 and will therefore notbecome highlv heated. Normallythe door 26 tends to drop by gravity -to the position shown at the right hand side of F int. 1 in which position it will close the respective opening 2-1.. When. however. molten glass 15 (0 he ladled into the pots 15.- the flexible cable 27 may be grasped and the door thus slid to raised position shown atthe left in Fig. 1 of the drawings in which position it may be held by means of a pin 26' removably fitted intoa socketz'l in the said wall 4. An upright 31 is rotatably mounted at its upper andlower ends in bearings 32 and 33..respectively.. one of these up rights being located immediately adjacent the openings '24. Each u right 31 has connected with it one end of a ladle suspending chain 3-l and the otherend of this chain is con- "the working chamber and pour tlie ame nected to the-handle of a ladle, the bowl ofwhich is indicated-by the numeral 36. The polnt of attachment of the chain 34- to the handle 35, is preferably substantially mid-way between the ends of-the saidhandle and while the first-mentionedend ofthe chain maybe disconnected from the upvright 31 when the ladle is to be employed.

the. said end may, nevertheless, beallowed to remain connected with the upright and thechain thus serve somewhat as a fulcrum upon which the ladle may be turned'so as to dip the molten glass from the mass in into the pot to be-filled. In connectim chain 34 with the upright 31 it is preferable that the said chain be connected to an arm 37 which extends outwardly from the said upright.

In order to'liold the table against rotation and, further, in order to .substantially com pletely close the openin s andthereby exclude .cold air from the working chamber,

thereby, located at the said opening 8. The

block tends to lower by gravity but is counterbalanced bya pair of weights 10, a pair of cables 41 being'connected to the upper corners of the block and to the said weights and being trained over pulleys '42 and 43 arranged within a suitable frame superstructure 44,. in which structure is also mounted the-drawing apparatus comprising the usual baitand means for raising and lowering the same. When the head 9 has been rotated so asto bring one of the pots 15 supported therebyv into position opposite I the 'opening 8. the workman will lift the forward stretch of the cable 41 allowing. the block 38.to settle into position straddling the head 9 whereby cold air will be excluded from the working chamber and at the same time the head 9 will be held against further rotative movementduring the drawing operation, which operation is proceeded with in the usual manner, the drawing apparatus being indicated in general by the numeral 45. As the drawing apparatus forms no part of the present invention it need not be specifically described. I

From the foregoing description of the 1nvention it will be understood-that bythe apparatus comprising the same, glassmay be drawn conveniently and practically directly from the furnace tliereby obviating the disadvantages presented byapparatuses .such as heretofore briefly described. Furthermore, the operation of drawing the glass maybe proceeded with in a more'expeditious manner inasmuch as while one workman is performing the drawing: operation PlOPBlfi, another workman may be ladling' molten--= glass into the pot 15 which 'is-idle duringi the drawing operation} 4 It is preferable that a tub or the like,

indicated by the nuns-rat 36' beplaced beneath or adjacent each lame and-that means be provided for deliveringwater to the tub 'and conducting water therefrom 'so that the ladle may be cooled whenever desired.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In apparatus of the class described, the combination with a furnace having a working chamber and a tank located therein, of a rotary support located within .the chamber,

pots carried thereby, a wall of the, chamber having an opening opposite which the pots :are to be brought through the rotation of said supports, and a member movable into position to close said opening in rear of the pot which is located at said openingand when in such position constituting also means for holding the rotary supportagainst rotation.

2. In apparatus of'the class described, the combination with a furnace having a working chamber and a tank located therein, of .a rotary support located within the. chamber, a wall of the chamber havingan opening, pots mounted upon the sides of said support and arranged to be brought individually in juxta-position tosaid opening through rota-.

tion of said support, and a member adjust we :able with relation to' said" opening and arranged when in one position to straddle a portion of the support to restrain the same from rotary motion and constituting also, in

said position, means for closing-the opening inrear of the pot, and means for movmg' said member into and outofsaid position; a

3. In apparatus of the classdescribed, the

a combination with a furnace ha'ving'a work ing chamber and a tank located therein. of a rotary support located within the chamber,

and pots carried thereby in position above the surface of the molten glass in-the said tank, a wall of the chamber having an opening opposite which .the pots are to be lit brought through the rotation of said sup- 1 port. the said wall of the chamber having a ladle opening in juxta-position to the firstmentioned opening.

4. In apparatus of the class described. a

ing chamber being located above the said tank, a rotary post extending through the floor of the working chamber and-provlded" at its upper end with a head, means upon the .glass furnace having a working chamber and a tank located therein, the floor of the work- 4: t n I 1,274,818

head for supportin pots to receive molten glass, a rotary shatt mounted exteriorly of the furnace and counter to the said post, operative gear connection between the shaft 5 and the post'below the floor of the working chamber, the said working chamber being provided in its wall with an openingoppobite which the pots are to be brought through rotHt-IOII'Of the post, and it manually operable element upon the shaft for rotatingthe lat- 1 ter, the said element being located adjacent the opening.- v e In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIAME; SLOPPY. [1,. s.] 

